Specifications and features
Specifications and features
The sample that has arrived for testing is a 512GB version of the drive. The series, as stated, will be fitted with TLC (Triple-level cell) NAND flash memory from Toshiba. This allows Patriot to offer a bigger storage capacity at a lower price point. The buffer (DRAM cache) is 512-1024 MB depending on the capacity of the drive (and it’s the smaller option for the 512GB version). The Toshiba NAND ICs are driven by a Phison 5012-E12 controller. The PS5012-E12 uses the latest NVMe protocol (revision 1.3), and as you might have noticed in the specifications, this controller is advertised to have very fast sequential read times, at ~3450 MB/s, and ~3000 MB/s sequential write times (depending on volume size) across four PCIe lanes, or over an x4 PCIe Gen 3 lane connection, that is. The controller can address 8 channels, and 4K IOPS is even advertised at 600k.
It can also handle up to 8 TB of storage, as well as offering support for external Thunderbolt 3 SSDs. The PS5012-E12 is available in three versions: the 'regular' PS5012-E12 for high-end SSDs, the PS5012-E12C for mid-range devices, and the PS5012-E12DC for the enterprise market.
Product Features (512 GB version):
- Phison E12 Controller
- 2280 M.2 PCIe Gen3 x 4, NVMe 1.3
- DRAM Cache: 512MB
- External Thermal sensor
- Heatshield design
- Extreme high performance
- Operating Temperature - 0° ~ 70°C
- TBW: 800TB
- 4K Aligned Random Read: up to 700K IOPs
- 4K Aligned Random Write: up to 480K IOPs
- Sequential Read (ATTO): up to 3,300MB/s
- Sequential Write (ATTO): up to 2,200MB/S
- Sequential Read (CDM): up to 3,300MB/s
- Sequential Write (CDM): up to 2,200MB/s
- O/S Supported: Windows® 7*/8.0*/8.1/10
General specifications:
Series |
VPN100 |
VPN100 |
VPN100 |
VPN100 |
Model |
VPN100-256GM28H |
VPN100-512GM28H |
VPN100-1TBM28H |
VPN100-2TBM28H |
Physical Capacity |
256GB |
512GB |
1TB |
2TB |
Format Capacity (7% OP) |
238GB |
476GB |
953GB |
1.86TB |
DRAM Cache |
512MB |
512MB |
1GB |
1GB |
Max SEQ Read(ATTO) |
3000MB/s |
3300MB/s |
3,450MB/s |
3300MB/s |
Max SEQ Write(ATTO) |
1000MB/s |
2200MB/s |
3000MB/s |
3100MB/s |
Max 4K Read(IOPS) |
230K |
300K |
600K |
500K |
Max 4K Write(IOPS) |
100K |
200K |
600K |
500K |
TBW |
380TB |
800TB |
1665TB |
3115TB |
Operating Temperature |
0-70°C |
0-70°C |
0-70°C |
0-70°C |
Weight |
25g |
25g |
25g |
25g |
MTBF is 2.000.000 hours (which is a useless value). The warranty is for 3 years (so nothing extraordinary here).